Famous Deaths Happened In December - 31

0192  Death of Lucius AA Commodus, Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31 on this day in history.   

0335  Death of St. Silvester, Pope on December - 31.   

0406  Godagisel, king of the Vandals, dies in battle on this day in history.   

0439  Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1164  On December - 31 death of margrave Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)   

1194  On December - 31 death of duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)   

1297  On December - 31 death of humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1249)   

1302  Death of Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) on this day in history.   

1382  On December - 31 daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan   

1384  On December - 31 john Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies   

1424  Death of Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader on this day in history.   

1460  Death of Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1443) on this day in history.   

1510  Death of Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1472) on this day in history.   

1535  On December - 31 death of william Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)   

1568  Death of Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese warlord (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1575  Death of Pierino Belli, Italian soldier and jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

1583  Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies on December - 31.   

1610  On this day in history death of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)   

1616  Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31 on December - 31.   

1647  Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1650  On this day in history death of dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)   

1652  Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies on December - 31.   

1673  On December - 31 death of oliver St John, English statesman and judge   

1679  On this day in history death of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)   

1691  On December - 31 death of dudley North, English economist (b. 1641)   

1719  John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1733  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1742  Death of Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) on December - 31.   

1775  Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British on December - 31.   

1799  Death of Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723) on December - 31.   

1802  Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89 on December - 31.   

1809  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75 on December - 31.   

1818  Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77 on December - 31.   

1848  On this day in history oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69   

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0695  On December - 31 birth of muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)   

1378  Callistus III, [Alfonso the Borja], Pope (1455-58) was born on December - 31.   

1378  On December - 31 birth of pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)   

1491  Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557) was born on December - 31.   

1514  Andreas Vesalius, Brussels Belgium, anatomist (Fabrica) was born on December - 31.   

1540  Silvio Antoniano, Italian cardinal/theologist (Tre libri) was born on this day in history.   

1572  Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1668  Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist was born on December - 31.